Flounder with Crab Mornay and Tomato Basil Soup

Change sings indeed as the new year has come. Houses are floating. Art installations are popping up all over town. Mardi gras is bringing out the stubborn optimism in New Orleanians this year—I am reminded daily why I choose to live here. Due to (thanks to?) the pandemic, we now have a fish guy, Dino, […]

Thai Meatballs and Staycation at the Magnolia Hotel

Parade season is here and now and the streets are alive with costumes and floats, the sidewalks a scurry of ladders and lawn chairs and strewn beads, the restaurants full and hotels booked! So important to schedule rest into the wild pace of Mardi Gras for locals. I highly recommend staycationing as a way to […]

King and Queen Cakes with Penance Pizza

I cannot imagine a better kick off to the Mardi Gras season than the confetti snowfall finale of the LSU victory in the National Championship Game Monday night. In exchange for access to the field pre-game, we volunteered for a bizarre job in the press box—like a scene from the Office, in a post-paper world, […]

Spiced Ricotta Pancakes with Just Spices

All is right with the world (in my little New Orleanian Mardi Gras bubble; note also that in the la la land of residency I really don’t have much time to belabor the weight of daily news). We have been trotting out to some of the early season parades, last night was Cleopatra, and we […]

Mini Chocolate Cream Meringue Tarts for Mardi Gras

Happy Mardi Gras! A time when an entire city wanders amongst themselves seeming to hum “What a Wonderful World” in raucous harmony. We are so delighted to be back in New Orleans to enjoy firsthand the magical experience. Because we are Midcity-ites, we had a huge party to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Endymion. So […]

Black and White Moon Pie

For this week’s chocolate challenge, a genius hybrid. I’ve taken two classic confections, the Seinfeld race-relations Black and White Cookie, and the popular edible Mardi Gras parade throw, the Moon Pie, and created a delicious masterpiece just in time for the Oshun and Cleopatra parades last night. Ooh these are good! And yes, KP and […]